Baked Mushroom Chicken

A recipe (and picture of the results!) I copied from "www.tinycooker.com" because it wouldn't pin onto Pinterest for me! This recipe is super close to one of my favorite things to get when we go out to eat at the local Family Restaurant - the "Mediterranean Melt" sandwich, but without the bread, which I'm not eating anyway.

I made a couple of small modifications because I wanted some green peppers & chopped green onions in there too, but the basics are the same. I never would have thought of pancake mix to make the coating on the chicken... not positive if I am really going to use that part, but if I do, I'll let you know how it turns out! Either way, it looks amazing to me & I can't wait to try it out with the additions... I may add some chopped garlic into the soup mix too, for a little zing. :) If you do try it, let me know what you think!

Baked Mushroom Chicken

Ingredients:

1/2 c pancake mix
8 boneless chicken breasts
1 can Cream of mushroom soup
1 package onion soup mix
1 soup can full of milk
1 lb (or more if you want!) mushrooms thickly sliced
1 bunch of green onions

1 pepper, chopped (if desired)

Parmesan cheese is what they called for in the original recipe, but I may use Mozzarella instead -it melts better & it's cheesier & I love the taste of it. :)

Cooking Directions:

1. Mix salt, pepper and pancake mix.
2. Shake chicken in mix and place in baking dish 9×13. Spread mushrooms over chicken.
3. Mix soups and milk and pour over chicken and mushrooms. Sprinkle chopped peppers & green onions on top of the soup.
4. Cover tightly with foil. Bake 1 hour in 375 degree oven.
5. Then uncover and sprinkle with cheese (whatever kind you think is best).
6. Bake uncovered 15 min. Serve.

Quilt pics

This is the Paintbox Quilt I found on Pinterest, BUT Pinterest won't let me re-pin it, so here it is. I LOVE all the color on this one, and I think I could design my own. Cool how the inside box is off-set so it isn't all just super square & aligned... May have to Google this one to see if I can find the pattern...

Crazy Quilt idea... AWESOME! :)

Star block - I'm so in love with the colors/pattern of this - with sashing, it will be GORGEOUS! :) Must get some software to design my own stuff!!

I just need a place to post awesome quilt ideas I've seen, so this is it! I want to be able to pin them again on my own Pinterest. :) Watch for new additions here!

Simply Succulent!

I'm in love all over again! I found a pic of a turtle on Pinterest (my other addiction) made of moss & succulent plants. Rumor has it he can "live" for upwards of 10 years if I take care of him & let him hibernate in my house over winter. This will NOT be an issue - I think he will be great to have around. <3

I ordered the metal form, then filled it with moss & wrapped it with copper wire (although I'm sure any wire will do - I just thought the copper might get that green patina as it aged so that I wouldn't notice it). Making holes in the moss & wire was a bit challenging, since each of the plants had a good size root ball... I'm hoping they live because he is so dang CUTE! It took about an hour & 1/2 or so. I may have to make another one sometime so he has a sibling!

The only thing I forgot was eyes - some little ones from Jo Anne craft store or something. Then he will be complete! I just need a name... I was thinking Spike, and that's the same one that a friend suggested too... I want to think it through before naming so I find "THE" perfect name.
<3 I love him... :)

Spinach & Cream Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breast Recipe

I made the YUMMIEST dinner tonight. My son (usually the pickier one), Ryan, loved it & "cleaned his plate"!! So, I'm putting the recipe "out there" for you all to try if you like. :)



Spinach & Cream Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breast Recipe

• 4 - 6 large marinated, boneless, skinless chicken breasts (I had 4 & the ones I ended up with were HUGE & perfect for stuffing - from the meat counter, not frozen ones)
• 1 block of cream cheese (I used the lower fat Neufchatel cheese instead)
• 1 package of frozen spinach (thawed & dried a bit)
• 1/4 - 1/2 c of sour cream - to soften it a little & make it easier to mash it all together.
• slices of Swiss cheese (I used 3 - 4 smaller ones cut from a block instead of deli sliced)
  
• Lowry's Season Salt

Cut a slit into the chicken breasts on the side, going pretty much the full length of the chicken breast, but not cutting all the way through the other side.
In a bowl, mix cream cheese & spinach, and warm in the microwave just to soften the cream cheese a little. Add in sour cream a bit at a time, only as needed to be able to make a kind of paste with spinach & cream cheese. It should be like a stiff cheese dip in consistency.
Put the "paste" in the chicken breasts - try to tuck it back in as far as you can - it actually will expand & overflow out of the breast as it cooks; Place stuffed chicken in an oiled (Olive Oil) 9 x 13 pan. Put slices of Swiss cheese across the top of the breasts (to taste), sprinkle with Lowry's Season Salt & bake @ 385 until chicken is cooked through (it took mine about 45 mins - keep an eye on it!).
I served mine with fresh, broiled asparagus... it was GREAT!